Local News How Tufts Researchers Are Tackling Chronic Lyme Disease Tufts Now | June 22, 2026 If someone is bitten by a tick and develops Lyme disease, they may have flu-like…karnottJune 22, 2026 Read More
Uncategorized PhD Candidate Rebekka Anderson Receives Fellowship Award to Study Calcium Waves in C. elegans, Links to Gout UMass Chan Medical School | June 22, 2026 Rebekka Anderson, a PhD candidate in the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UMass…karnottJune 22, 2026 Read More
Local News Fluorescent Nanosensor Enables Rapid, First-Of-Its-Kind Detection of Key Gut Health Biomarker MIT News | June 19, 2026 An international team of researchers has developed a novel fluorescent nanosensor powered by carbon nanotubes…karnottJune 19, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Efficient Prime Editing In Vivo and In Vitro Using Lipid Nanoparticles Jiang, A., et al. | June 19, 2026 Prime editing is a versatile clinical genome editing method that enables precise substitutions, small insertions…karnottJune 19, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Human and Bacterial Genetic Variation Shape Oral Microbiomes and Health Kamitaki, N., et al. | February 2, 2026 Human genetic variation influences all aspects of our biology, including the oral cavity1,2,3, through which…karnottFebruary 2, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week A Genetically Encoded Device for Transcriptome Storage in Mammalian Cells Chao, Y., et al. | January 28, 2026 Understanding how cells make decisions over time requires the ability to link past molecular states…karnottJanuary 28, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Human Genetics Guides the Discovery of CARD9 Inhibitors With Anti-Inflammatory Activity Rush, J., et al. | January 27, 2026 Human genetic association studies highlight key genes involved in disease pathology, yet targets identified by…karnottJanuary 27, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week In Vivo Detection of Immune Responses via Cytokine Activity Labeling Lu, G., et al. | January 23, 2026 While much is known about the identity and regulation of cytokine-producing cells, the cell types…karnottJanuary 23, 2026 Read More
Local News Materializing Safe, On-Demand Living Therapeutics Wyss Institute | May 26, 2026 Patient recovery from many debilitating conditions and diseases could be sped up significantly and be…karnottMay 26, 2026 Read More
Local News From Blueprint to Beating: How 3D Bioprinting Is Advancing Heart Research at Mass General Brigham Bench Press | May 25, 2026 Once the stuff of science fiction, the emerging field of 3D bioprinting has advanced rapidly,…karnottMay 25, 2026 Read More
Local News Measles, Cholera, and Mpox: BU-Based Outbreak Tracker Monitors World’s Most Dangerous Infectious Diseases The Brink | May 22, 2026 Last year alone, more than 500,000 people globally were sickened by cholera—and 6,500 died. Chikungunya,…karnottMay 22, 2026 Read More
Local News Harvard University Expands Multifaceted Research Alliance with Northpond Labs to Advance Solutions in Healthcare The Wyss Institute | May 20, 2026 Harvard University has expanded a research alliance agreement with Northpond Labs, the research and development-focused…karnottMay 20, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles FDA and NIH Let Clinical Trial Sponsors Keep Results Secret and Break the Law Science | January 15, 2020 For 20 years, the U.S. government has urged companies, universities, and other institutions that conduct…sciencecityJanuary 15, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles Congress Set to Form Groups to Protect US Research Security The Scientist | December 17, 2019 Congress is expected to approve an annual defense bill as early as this week that…sciencecityDecember 17, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles The EPA’s Proposed ‘Transparency Rule’ Will Harm Health, Safety, and the Environment STAT News | December 10, 2019 A proposed rule by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that allegedly aims to strengthen transparency in…sciencecityDecember 10, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles China’s CRISPR Babies: Read Exclusive Excerpts from the Unseen Original Research MIT Technology Review | December 4, 2019 Earlier this year a source sent us a copy of an unpublished manuscript describing the…sciencecityDecember 4, 2019 Read More
Awards Two BU-Created Inventions Are Named “World Changing Ideas” The Brink | October 3, 2025 Two inventions at the cutting-edge of technology and health, both created at Boston University, have…karnottOctober 3, 2025 Read More
Awards Roger Davis Awarded Bert and Natalie Vallee Award From American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UMass Chan Medical School | September 30, 2025 Roger J. Davis, PhD, FRS, the H. Arthur Smith Chair in Cancer Research and chair…karnottSeptember 30, 2025 Read More
Awards PhD Candidate Jessica Peura Studies Pancreatic Cancer; Honors Mother Through Grant-Funded Research UMass Chan Medical School | September 25, 2025 PhD candidate Jessica Peura, of Richmond, Vermont, is studying pancreatic cancer in the lab of…karnottSeptember 25, 2025 Read More
Awards Sien Verschave and Alain Viel Honored With Anya Bernstein Bassett Award for Excellence in Teaching Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | September 22, 2025 Two dedicated educators from Harvard’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) have been recognized…karnottSeptember 22, 2025 Read More
Awards SITC Fellowships Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer | September 18, 2025 The SITC Fellowships program, established through the SITC Forward Fund, helps cultivate the next generation…karnottSeptember 18, 2025 Read More
Awards Whitehead Institute Graduate Student Jimmy Ly Receives the 2025 International Birnstiel Award Whitehead Institute | September 15, 2025 The Max Birnstiel Foundation and the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) have named Whitehead…karnottSeptember 15, 2025 Read More
Awards Moura Silva Lab Student Named to 2025 HHMI Gilliam Fellows Program Ragon Institute | September 10, 2025 The Ragon Institute congratulates Anika Hutton of the Moura-Silva Lab on her selection to the…karnottSeptember 10, 2025 Read More
Awards Sabrina Samad Shoily Receives AAUW Fellowship Boston University Biology | September 8, 2025 Biology PhD student Sabrina Samad Shoily of the Garcia-Marcos Lab recently received an International Fellowship…karnottSeptember 8, 2025 Read More
Awards Rudolf Jaenisch Receives the 2025 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize Whitehead Institute | September 5, 2025 Whitehead Institute Founding Member Rudolf Jaenisch has been honored with the 2025 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell…karnottSeptember 5, 2025 Read More
Awards Kazuki Nagashima Awarded $100K Gift from Noster to Advance Gut–Immune System Research Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | September 4, 2025 MCB is pleased to announce that MCB Assistant Professor Kazuki Nagashima has received a $100,000…karnottSeptember 4, 2025 Read More
Awards Batista Lab Research Fellow Awarded 2026 Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Fellowship in Immunotherapy Ragon Institute | June 30, 2026 Raphael Reyes, a research fellow in the Batista Lab at the Ragon Institute of Mass…karnottJune 30, 2026 Read More
Local News Experts Describe Myriad Challenges in Fight to Control Ebola Outbreak Tufts Now | June 29, 2026 The recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is presenting significant…karnottJune 29, 2026 Read More
Awards Dana-Farber Researcher Selected to Join the Pew Scholars Program Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | June 29, 2026 The Pew Charitable Trusts announced that Xin Gu, PhD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is among…karnottJune 29, 2026 Read More